Two Colorado high school students brought amateur storm footage to a new level last weekend after taking their prom pictures in front of a tornado.

Two Colorado high school students brought amateur storm footage to a new level last weekend after taking their prom pictures in front of a tornado.

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Updated: 6:51 PM CDT May 11, 2016

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WEBVTT MARK: WITH THESE IN THEIR HAND, THEY DON'T SEEK SHELTER, THEY SEEK THAT NEXT VIRAL VIDEO NOT LONG AGO, IT WAS A RARITY TO CDS, BUT TODAY NO TORNADO CAN , ESCAPE IT'S OWN MULTI-ANGLE, PHOTO SHOOTS. LOOK AT THIS VIDEO OF THE PRESCOTT TORNADO LAST YEAR. IT WAS ABOUT 300 YARDS AWAY AND WITHIN A MINUTE STRUCK THE FARM WHERE THE YOUNG MAN WAS SHOOTI -- WAS STANDING. TODD RECTOR IS WITH THE IOWA STORM CHASING NETWORK. >> TO STORMS HAVE GONE SEVERE. MARK: HE HAS CHASED MORE SEVERE STORMS THAN HE CAN COUNT AS A TRAINED CHASER WITH EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF STORM STRUCTURE. >> YOU'D NEVER KNOW WHERE ONE IS GOING TO GO, YOU SHOULD NEVER BE CLOSE TO ONE, NEVER. MARK: HE SAYS AMATEUR CHASERS OR OPPORTUNISTIC PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOULD KNOW EVEN THE EXPERTS KEEP ONE PERSON AS A LOOK OUT BECAUSE SECONDARY TORNADOS CAN DROP DOWN SUDDENLY BUT GETTING VIDEO OF THE STO ISN'T ENOUGH ANYMORE. IN THIS NARCISSISTIC WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA, STORM SELFIES HAVE BECOME A THING. LIKE OUR PROM COUPLE FROM COLORADO. >> ALI AND I WERE TAKING SELFIES. I MEAN IF YOU GET A TORNADO SELFIE, IT'S GOING TO BE AN ULTIMATE SELFIE RIGHT THERE. I MEAN, WHY WOULDN'T YOU TAKE A TORNADO SEFLIE? MARK: THE PHOTOS HAVE GONE AROUND THE WORLD BUT THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN CRITICIZED. >> I THINK IF A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAD THE CHANCE, THEY WOULD DO IT TOO. >> THE FURY OF NATURE IS UNPREDICATABLE AND DANGEROUS, AND IF YOU'RE CLOSE ENOUGH TO

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Two Colorado high school students brought amateur storm footage to a new level last weekend after taking their prom pictures in front of a tornado.